IP Library Granted Patent US 12,488,648
Granted Patent B2
US 12,488,648 · App. 18/822,568 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Cash transport system

Inventors: Madanmohan Kaswan (Himeji, JP); Yuki Hashitani (Himeji, JP); Yanan Zhao (Himeji, JP); David Sharpe (Himeji, JP)
Assignee: GLORY LTD.
G07D11/245G07D2211/00
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Patent No.
US 12,488,648
App. No.
18/822,568
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cash transport system includes a cash handling apparatus installed in a store, and a management device. The management device includes circuitry configured to: determine whether cash transport to the store for replenishing the cash handling apparatus with cash is necessary; determine whether cash transport from the store for collecting cash from the cash handling apparatus is necessary; in a case that the circuitry has determined that any of the cash transport to the store and the cash transport from the store is necessary, calculate, based on one currency selected in advance from among the plurality of currencies, a transport amount by converting the amounts of cash of currencies to be transported into amounts of the selected currency and summing up the converted amounts; and in a case that the transport amount exceeds a upper-limit amount, notify a communication terminal that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount.

Claims (68)

1 . A cash transport system, comprising:

one or more cash handling apparatuses that are installed in a store and are configured to handle a plurality of currencies of cash; and

a management device including circuitry configured to

determine whether cash transport to the store for replenishing the cash handling apparatus with cash is necessary;

determine whether cash transport from the store for collecting cash from the cash handling apparatus is necessary;

in a case that the circuitry has determined that any of the cash transport to the store and the cash transport from the store is necessary, calculate, based on one currency selected in advance from among the plurality of currencies, a transport amount by converting the amounts of cash of currencies to be transported into amounts of the selected currency and summing up the converted amounts; and

in a case that the transport amount exceeds a upper-limit amount, notify a communication terminal that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount.

2 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in a case that the transport amount does not exceed the upper-limit amount, transmits a notification for requesting the cash transport to a cash-in-transit company that performs the cash transport.

3 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

in a case that the cash transport for each store is performed through a plurality of stores, calculate the transport amount by converting the amounts of cash to be transported by the cash transport for the respective stores into amounts of the selected currency, and summing up the converted amounts, and

in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount, notifies the communication terminal.

4 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount,

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash to be collected from the cash handling apparatus,

compare storage quantities of cash for each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

exclude, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination smallest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less, and

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash with which a cash handling apparatus is replenished,

compare storage quantities of cash of each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

exclude, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination largest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less.

5 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount, exclude, from a target of the cash transport, at least a part of cash other than the selected currency, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less.

6 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in a case that the transport amount is less than the upper-limit amount, add cash to be transported by the cash transport within a range where the total amount of cash to be transported does not exceed the upper-limit amount.

7 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash to be collected from the cash handling apparatus,

the circuitry is configured to notify the cash handling apparatus of types and a quantity for each type of the cash to be collected, and

the cash handling apparatus moves, from a storage to a collection container, cash to be collected among cash stored in the storage.

8 . The cash transport system according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry notifies an external device, that performs account handling for a financial institution, of an amount of cash to be transported between the store and the financial institution, and

the external device performs the account handling based on the information notified from the management device.

9 . A management device, comprising:

circuitry configured to

determine whether cash transport to the store for replenishing a cash handling apparatus with cash is necessary, the cash handling apparatus installed in a store and configured to handle a plurality of currencies of cash;

determine whether cash transport from the store for collecting cash from the cash handling apparatus is necessary;

in a case that the circuitry has determined that any of the cash transport to the store and the cash transport from the store is necessary, calculate, based on one currency selected in advance from among the plurality of currencies, a transport amount by converting the amounts of cash of currencies to be transported into amounts of the selected currency and summing up the converted amounts; and

in a case that the transport amount exceeds a upper-limit amount, notify a communication terminal that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount.

10 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in a case that the transport amount does not exceed the upper-limit amount, transmits a notification for requesting the cash transport to a cash-in-transit company that performs the cash transport.

11 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to

in a case that the cash transport for each store is performed through a plurality of stores, calculate the transport amount by converting the amounts of cash to be transported by the cash transport for the respective stores into amounts of the selected currency, and summing up the converted amounts, and

in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount, notifies the communication terminal.

12 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount,

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash to be collected from the cash handling apparatus,

compare storage quantities of cash for each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

exclude, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination smallest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less, and

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash with which a cash handling apparatus is replenished,

compare storage quantities of cash of each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

exclude, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination largest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less.

13 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount, exclude, from a target of the cash transport, at least a part of cash other than the selected currency, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less.

14 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to, in a case that the transport amount is less than the upper-limit amount, add cash to be transported by the cash transport within a range where the total amount of cash to be transported does not exceed the upper-limit amount.

15 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash to be collected from the cash handling apparatus,

the circuitry is configured to notify the cash handling apparatus of types and a quantity for each type of the cash to be collected, and

the cash handling apparatus moves, from a storage to a collection container, cash to be collected among cash stored in the storage.

16 . The management device according to claim 9 , wherein

the circuitry notifies an external device, that performs account handling for a financial institution, of an amount of cash to be transported between the store and the financial institution, and

the external device performs the account handling based on the information notified from the management device.

17 . A management method, comprising:

determining, by a management device, whether cash transport to the store for replenishing a cash handling apparatus with cash is necessary, the cash handling apparatus installed in a store and configured to handle a plurality of currencies of cash;

determining whether cash transport from the store for collecting cash from the cash handling apparatus is necessary;

in a case that the circuitry has determined that any of the cash transport to the store and the cash transport from the store is necessary, calculating, based on one currency selected in advance from among the plurality of currencies, a transport amount by converting the amounts of cash of currencies to be transported into amounts of the selected currency and summing up the converted amounts; and

in a case that the transport amount exceeds a upper-limit amount, notifying a communication terminal that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount.

18 . The management method according to claim 17 , further comprising:

in a case that the transport amount does not exceed the upper-limit amount, transmitting a notification for requesting the cash transport to a cash-in-transit company that performs the cash transport.

19 . The management method according to claim 17 , further comprising:

in a case that the cash transport for each store is performed through a plurality of stores, calculating the transport amount by converting the amounts of cash to be transported by the cash transport for the respective stores into amounts of the selected currency, and summing up the converted amounts, and

in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount, notifying the communication terminal.

20 . The management method according to claim 17 , further comprising, in the case that the transport amount exceeds the upper-limit amount:

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash to be collected from the cash handling apparatus,

comparing storage quantities of cash for each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

excluding, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination smallest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less, and

in a case that the cash transport is transport of cash with which a cash handling apparatus is replenished,

comparing storage quantities of cash of each currency and each denomination in the cash handling apparatus, and

excluding, from a target of the cash transport, one or more denominations in order from a denomination largest in the storage quantity, thereby adjusting the transport amount to the upper-limit amount or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2024
From: KASWAN, MADANMOHAN; HASHITANI, YUKI; ZHAO, YANAN; SHARPE, DAVID
To: GLORY LTD.
Reel/Frame 068466/0639 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-033449 · Mar 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2023006058 · Feb 20, 2023
Related Publication 20240428639A1 · Dec 26, 2024
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